title: Multi-session radiosurgery of benign intracranial tumors.
abstract: Multi-session stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) enables a high dose per fraction to be delivered to the tumor bed with rapid dose falloff that allows for sparing of critical structures, resulting in less radiation-associated toxicity. In this article, the authors review the basic concepts and techniques of multi-session SRS, indications for this technique, outcomes from single-session and multi-session SRS using 3 commonly treated benign intracranial tumors (meningiomas, vestibular schwannomas, pituitary adenomas), and discuss why multi-session SRS is an attractive approach for the treatment of these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room R-225, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Jacky T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Syed Aftab
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Benign; Intracranial tumors; Radiosurgery; Tumors